CVE-2015-5313

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5313
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-11 21:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when fine-grained Access Control Lists (ACL) are in effect, allows local users with storage_vol:create ACL but not domain:write permission to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a volume name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 2.5 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary2.5LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Libvirt - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libvirt CVE-2015-5313 Local Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
libvirt: Directory traversal (GLSA 201612-10) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
[libvirt] [PATCH] CVE-2015-5313: storage: don't allow '/' in filesystem af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Libvirt Security Notice: LSN-2015-0004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.libvirt.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libvirt-1.2.18.2-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2015-5313 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1277121 – CVE-2015-5313 libvirt: filesystem storage volume names path traversal flaw MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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